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Ridley( 2022)

TV-MAMysteryDramaCrime
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Overview

Retired Detective Inspector Alex Ridley is lured back into service as a consultant detective when his former protégée, Carol Farman, needs help cracking a complex murder case.

  1. Paul Matthew Thompson

    Creator

Series Cast

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    Adrian Dunbar

    DI Alex Ridley

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    Bronagh Waugh

    DI Carol Farman

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    Terence Maynard

    DCI Paul Goodwin

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    George Bukhari

    DC Darren Lakhan

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    Julie Graham

    Annie Marling

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    Georgie Glen

    Dr. Wendy Stone

Current Season

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Series 2

2024 | 8 Episodes

Series 2 of Ridley premiered on Sep 15 2024

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A review by MovieGuys

5
Written by MovieGuys on Fri Sep 02 2022
Ridley is yet another of the gritty detective drama's, that are very much the longstanding stock and trade, for UK television. Its well acted, well produced with a strong lead. The question that needs be posed is, is it doing anything new or different? For this viewer, the answers "no". Ridley is an off the shelf, formulaic crime drama. A detective with a troubled past, comes back to solve an even more troubling case. Of course, as is the norm these days too, don't be surprised to find political correctness's starchy spectre, lurking in the background. Is all of this necessarily a b...

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Facts

Status

Returning Series

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Type

Scripted

Original Language

English

Keywords

  • based on novel or book